Holding the Line: 21 Years of New Blood Art

21 years of New Blood Art – a gallery rooted in relationships, resilience, and the belief that real work endures.

21 years of New Blood Art – a gallery rooted in relationships, resilience, and the belief that real work endures.

This one is a different story. It’s personal, real-time, and grounded in the present. Because this isn’t just about looking back – it’s about curating art forward. About holding the gallery carefully as we transform, making the shifts needed to sustain integrity as a living gallery.

Last year became difficult in ways I hadn’t expected. A close friend became very ill and died, and after that, the year took a different shape.

The emails still came, of course. Meetings were booked. Business continued. And now, with a clearer sense of what matters.

At the same time, I was dealing with an ongoing threat to the business, protecting its integrity through a legal process that placed New Blood Art under sustained financial pressure and altered the scale and geography of my life.

I relocated to Mousehole, at the edge of Cornwall, into a small flat that became a holding place between places. It gave me the quiet needed to think clearly, rebuild carefully, and understand what the gallery now needs in order to continue with integrity.

And through it all, the artists remain at the centre – each with their own life, timing, and unfolding. This has never been a gallery of trends. It’s a constellation of real people making real work, often at the edge of things. Each piece carries a relationship, a moment in someone’s story, and a quiet act of belief in the artist. That’s what you’re part of when you collect from us.

I’ve rebuilt carefully. Structurally. The gallery is now entering its next chapter with stronger foundations, clearer direction, and an even deeper commitment to the artists and collectors who have shaped it over the past 21 years. The work continues on solid ground.

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